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Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a general-purpose computer?

In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, and without calculations, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Decoding the pattern of holes into printer signals is fine, extracting a data field is fine, but I do not mean adding up data. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print address labelsaddresses for mailing. (NotI don't mean making the cards in the first place, nor labeling the card, nor copying a card to another card.)

Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a computer?

In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, and without calculations, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print address labels. (Not making the cards in the first place, nor copying a card to another card.)

Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a general-purpose computer?

In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Decoding the pattern of holes into printer signals is fine, extracting a data field is fine, but I do not mean adding up data. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print addresses for mailing. (I don't mean making the cards in the first place, nor labeling the card, nor copying a card to another card.)

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Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a computer?

In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, and without calculations, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print address labels. (Not making the cards in the first place, nor copying a card to another card.)

Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a computer?

Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a computer?

In other words, a transfer from the machine-readable hole pattern, and without calculations, printing to a typewritten human-readable listing on a line printer. Such a device could print out a source code listing, or print address labels. (Not making the cards in the first place, nor copying a card to another card.)

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Was there a way to directly print out a deck of punch cards without involving a computer?

Was there any equipment which could directly print out the program or data on a stack of punchcards, without first loading the deck into a computer?